EP0994083A3 - Ceramic laminate material - Google Patents

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EP0994083A3
EP0994083A3 EP99118665A EP99118665A EP0994083A3 EP 0994083 A3 EP0994083 A3 EP 0994083A3 EP 99118665 A EP99118665 A EP 99118665A EP 99118665 A EP99118665 A EP 99118665A EP 0994083 A3 EP0994083 A3 EP 0994083A3
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Abstract

Ceramic laminate material comprising at least one dense layer of a perovskite material and at least one layer of a dense non-perovskite material and/or at least one layer of a dense superstructural perovskite material.
EP99118665A 1998-10-07 1999-09-22 Ceramic laminate material Expired - Lifetime EP0994083B1 (en)

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